In this week’s Time magazine, TV writer James Poniewozik laments the McCain’s campaign against Barack Obama’s celebrity in an eye-popping way: he says it’s "almost unpatriotic," and that in denigrating America’s celebrity culture, McCain’s like "al-Qaeda and the French." Here’s the graf:
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By Tim Graham | August 17, 2008 | 7:47 AM EDT
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The first national breast-beating about Katie Couric leaving the anchor desk and potentially un-diversifying the anchor corps has come from Time TV writer James Poniewozik, who demands that the networks enshrine diversity. "Am I calling on the networks to act in the name of mere cosmetic appearance? Yes!